Software and Games
To test the PCSpecialist Magnus Supreme, we used the following software/games:
- 3DMark Time Spy
- AIDA64 Engineer
- Cinebench R23
- CrystalDiskMark
- PCMark 10
- Cyberpunk 2077
- F1 23
- Forza Horizon 5
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- The Last of Us Part 1
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
- Resident Evil 4
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Starfield
We used the AMD Adrenalin 23.9.3 driver, which was the latest at the time of testing.
Comparison Systems
Not every system below is compared against the Topaz Spark in every benchmark, but where applicable we have used the following systems as a point of reference:
- PCS P209 ARGB MID TOWER CASE
- Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-12400F (2.5GHz)
- ASUS® PRIME B660-PLUS D4 (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s)
- 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
- 8GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6600 – HDMI, DP – DX12
- 1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2200 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
- CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD
- PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
- 1x 120mm Black Case Fan
- WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
- Windows 11 Home 64 Bit
We also use some CPU data from Leo's Ryzen 5 5600X3D review, using his test bench setup:
- Processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D, Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 7 5800X3D
- CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Elite LCD
- Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master
- Memory: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3600 C16
- Graphics card: Gigabyte RTX 4080 16GB
- Power supply: Seasonic Prime PX-1600 ATX 3.0
- SSD: PNY CS3140 M.2 NVMe
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
- CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Elite LCD
- Motherboard: Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite
- Memory: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 C30
- Graphics card: Gigabyte RTX 4080 16GB
- Power supply: Seasonic Prime PX-1600 ATX 3.0
- SSD: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 M.2 NVMe
- OS: Windows 11
And some of my own data from our GPU reviews has also been used, with the following hardware configuration:
- CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KS
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX
- Memory: 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 6000MHz
- Graphics Card: RTX 4060 Ti, RX 6700 XT, RX 6650 XT, RX 5700 XT
- SSD: 4TB Seagate Firecuda 530 Gen 4 PCIe NVMe
- Chassis: Corsair 5000D Airflow Tempered Glass Gaming Case
- CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i Elite RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
- Power Supply: Corsair 1600W Pro Series Titanium AX1600i Digital Modular PSU
- Operating System: Windows 11 22H2